Literacy rate in North Korea in 2008 — 100%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 32.
2008–2008 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 100 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
North Korea
100
South Korea
97.97
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.